May 17, 2007 (Bromont, QC) – Raphael Gagne (Rocky Mountain) and Emily Batty (Trek Bicycle Store) have won the elite men’s and women’s Canada MTB Cup open cross-country races today at Bromont, QC. Amanda Sin (3 Rocks Racing) was second and Jean Ann McKirdy (Rocky Mountain) was third, while Derek Zanstra (3 Rocks Racing) was second and Eric Batty (Trek Bicycle Store) third in the men’s competition.

BC’s Evan Guthrie (Cycling BC/Total Restoration) and Tyler Allison were 1-2 in the Junior Men’s race with Nicolas Tremblay (Charlevoix) claiming third. Leah Kirchmann (AB) won the Junior Women’s race over Stéphanie Lacoursiere (Cyclone d’Alma) in second with Rébecca Beaumont (Cyclone d’Alma) in third. BC’s Bianca Adolf had a substantial lead in the junior women’s race and but did not cross the finish line as she headed out for another lap due to miscommunication and forfeited the win.

Results

Elite Women

1. Emily Batty (Trek Bicycle Store) 1:42:10
2. Amanda Sin (3 Rox Racing) 1:24
3. Jean Ann McKirdy (Rocky Mountain/Procycle) 2:35
4. Jaqueline Mourao (RedBull-Scott-Exceed) 5:38
5. Caroline Villeneuve (Opus/OGC) 7:30
6. Julie Sanders (Xprezo) 12:37
7. Mikaela Kofman (3 Rox Racing) 13:44
8. Marie-Claude Surprenant (Sportif Bromont) 14:08
9. Karine Travaillaud (Specialized) 14:25
10. Sue Haviland (Norco Evolution Team) 15:19
11. Heather Gray (Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnnys) 16:00
12. Marie Allaire (Xprezo) 16:20
13. Kyia Anderson (Ekho HRM/Cannondale) 20:43
14. Anne-Marie Jobin (Xcluziv) 21:24
15. Kathleen Villeneuve (La Cordée Plein Air) 21:41
16. Mathilde Hupin Debeurme (Marin Bikes) 22:15
17. Sophie Fortin (La Cordée Plein Air) 25:03:00
18. Mandy Dreyer (Freewheel Cycle) 25:45:00
19. Chantal Rochefort (Vélo Marin) 26:19:00
20. Cindy Montambault (Accro Vélo Val-dOr) 26:40:00
21. Genevieve Larouche (Xprezo) 33:31:00
22. Justine Guay-Langevin (Acidose Lactique) 34:43:00
23. Sophie Garant (CVM Subway-Genetik) 52:05:00
DNF Catherine Vipond (Norco)

Elite Men

1. Raphaël Gagné (Rocky Mountain) 1:52:17
2. Derek Zandstra (3 Rox Racing) 0:50
3. Eric Batty (Trek Bicycle Store) 2:18
4. Andrew Watson (Team Ontario) 3:50
5. Martin Lazarski (Rocky Mountain/Different Bikes) 4:04
6. Stefan Widmer (Rocky Mountain/Different Bikes) 4:24
7. Peter Glassford (Team Trek Store Toronto) 6:33
8. Matthew Hadley (Xprezo) 6:54
9. Michael Garrigan (Jetpower/Epic ride) 9:00
10. Daniel Sessford (Blue Competition Cycles) 9:00
11. Mathieu Toulouse (Maxxis) 9:31
12. Craig Richey (Aviawest-Oak Bay Bikes) 9:59
13. Françis Morin (Specialized) 10:02
14. Julien Fillion (Fillion-VM) 11:09
15. Ryan Atkins (Team Ontario) 13:02
16. Neal Kindree (Kona Factory Team) 13:19
17. Frédéric Bussieres (Xprezo/Solid Edge) 14:08
18. Kyle Douglas (3 Rox Racing) 14:30
19. Matthew Green (Rocky Mountain-K Capital) 14:53
20. Vincent Meunier (Demers-Specialized) 16:59
21. Jonathan Boulanger (Opus/OGC) 18:01
22. Andrew Freye (Bikeman.com/Salsa Cycles) 18:09
23. Thierry Laliberté (Sportif Bromont) 18:30
24. Neil Schiemann (Tall Tree Cycles) 18:44
25. Guido Visser (Taximode.com) 18:59
26. Bruno Lafontaine (La Vie Sportive) 21:34
27. Leni Trudel (Opus/OGC) 22:18
28. Marc-André Daigle (Indépendant) 22:42
29. Imad El-Ghazal (Norco Evolution Team) 22:47
30. Tim Carleton (Trek Bicycle Store Team) 23:31
31. Frédéric Langevin (Laferte Bicycle) 23:36
32. Jonathan Pageau (CVM Subway-Genetik) 24:31:00
33. Olivier Bordeleau (Xprezo) 24:43:00
34. Simon Marchand (Ind) 25:37:00
35. Zach Winn (Xprezo) 26:27:00
36. Tim Madgwick (Nzl) 26:40:00
37. Jacob McClelland (Team Ontario) 26:53:00
38. Alexandre Frappier (Biogen Idec) 27:40:00
39. Simon Happy (RST Vélosports) 27:56:00
40. David Dionne (Xprezo) 28:09:00
41. Louis-Rémy Marier (Ryno Performance) 29:28:00
42. Mathieu Boily-Tremblay (Cyclone d’Alma) 32:00:00
43. Julien Marceau (CVM Subway-Genetik) 32:12:00
44. éric Turgeon (CCS/Dalbix) 33:20:00
45. Jean-Philippe Provost (Indépendant) 33:27:00
46. Charles Blanchet-Levesque (CVM Subway-Genetik) 34:57:00
47. Michael Mitchnick (Trek Bicycle Store) 36:11:00
48. Julien Veilleux (CIBC Wood-Gundy) 36:44:00
49. Matthew Paziuk (Norco Evolution Team) 38:34:00
50. Jean-Francois Vennes (Xcluziv) 41:18:00
51. Simon Champigny (Sportif Bromont) 41:58:00
DNF Cory Hancock (3 Rox Racing)
DNF Pascal Dumaresq (Normandin-CBSF-Faire)
DNF Félix Ceté (CVM Val-David)
DNF John Burns (Bikeman.com)
DNF Yoan Lemieux-LaNeuville (CCS/Dalbix)
DNF Sylvain Jean (Espresso Sports)
DNF Cameron Jette (Trek Bicycle Store)
DNF Brian Bain (CMC/Bow Cycle)
DNF Ben Dawson (Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnnys)
DNF Luc Doiron (Marin)
DNF Dominic Hamel (Garneau-Crocs-Suzano)
DNF Christian Fournier (CVM Subway-Genetik)
DNF Jean-Philippe Thibault-Roberge (CCS/Dalbix)
DNF Gino Ricci (Biogen Idec)
DNF Adam Morka (3 Rox Racing)
DNF Shane Hollingshead (Norco Evolution Team)
DSQ Kyle Fry (Team Ontario)

Junior Women

1. Leah Kirchmann (Manitoba Provincial Team/Alter Ego) 1:23:00
2. Stéphanie Lacoursiere (Cyclone d’Alma) 1:50
3. Rébecca Beaumont (Cyclone d’Alma) 2:03
4. Cassandre Olivier-Lapierre (CVM Subway-Genetik) 3:33
5. Charlotte Batty (Trek Bicycle Store) 6:20
6. Ashley Barson (Team Ontario) 7:41
7. Marjorie Lavoie (CVM Val-David) 7:44
8. Anna Schappert (Team Manitoba) 11:08
9. Jane Thomson (Team Ontario) 11:19
10. Andréanne Pichette (Opus/OGC) 13:59
11. Bianca Adolf 15:13
12. Laurie Ceté (Lessard Bicycles) 16:43
13. Sarah Moore (CVM Val-David) 18:13

Junior Expert Men

1. Evan Guthrie (Cycling BC/Total Restoration Cycling) 1:34:33
2. Tyler Allison (Team BC) 0:49
3. Nicolas Tremblay (Charlevoix) 2:49
4. Tyson Wagler (Team Ontario) 3:18
5. Sebastian Sleep (Team BC) 5:37
6. Jonathan Boucher (Opus/OGC) 5:39
7. Simon Lalancette (Devinci) 6:07
8. Patrick Chartrand (CVM Val-David) 6:49
9. Christopher Everist (3 Rox Racing) 8:13
10. Philip Cairns (Team Squamish) 9:01
11. Nicolas Maltais (Cyclone d’Alma) 10:31
12. John Fisher (Team Ontario) 11:06
13. Émile Cossette-Levasseur (Le Yéti) 11:25
14. Alex Lavertu (Lessard Bicycles) 11:45
15. Steve Caillé (Opus/OGC) 12:06
16. Olivier Robidoux (CCS/Dalbix) 12:30
17. Dominic Beaudoin (Gaspésien) 14:32
18. Joey Mastroguiseppe (CVM Val-David) 14:57
19. Frédéric Forgues-Lapointe (CCS/Dalbix) 16:31
20. Nicolas Rousseau Fournier (Cyclone d’Alma) 17:40
21. Samuel Gazaille (Team Commençal Canada) 18:15
22. Brent Campbell (Coach Chris/Ted Velikonia) 18:39
23. Sébastien Bourgault (CVM Subway-Genetik) 19:22
24. Joseph Green (Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnnys) 19:42
25. Pierre-Louis Chamberland (CVM Val-David) 20:11
26. Ben Blake (Team Ontario) 21:30
27. Benoit Paradis Letarte (CVM Subway-Genetik) 21:50
28. Antoine Dufour-Simard (Charlevoix) 24:15:00
29. François Lehoux (CVM Subway-Genetik) 25:32:00
30. Hugo Beaumier (Le Yéti) 27:09:00
31. Francis Lapointe (Vélogamik) 27:30:00
32. Zachary Hughes (Team Ontario) 28:05:00
33. Sébastien Cadieux-Duval (CVM Val-David) 35:54:00
34. Maxime Lemay (CCS/Dalbix) 36:40:00
35. Kelly St-Amant (Vélo Extreme St-Raymond) 43:12:00
DNF Phillip Gilbert (CCS/Dalbix)
DNF Louis-Philippe Guérin (Cyclone d’Alma)
DNF Samuel Dostie-Ménard (Skinouk-VDM)
DNF Olivier Lafreniere (Skinouk-VDM)
DNF Alexis Cartier (CVM Val-David)
DNF Michael Miller (Ride with Rendall)
DNS Philippe Dépault (Sportif Bromont)